AN: I didn't really like how Edward and Bella fell in love. It was kind of…weird how Edward controlled too much and Bella just went along with it. So…I tweaked it. Just a little.
P.S. I own nothing
Chapter 2
I looked at James. What was wrong with him? He hadn't answered my question, and there seemed like something was wrong. This whole situation was wrong, but I couldn't figure it out. I ignored it, because I still had to deal with Edward. I remember how Edward and I fell in (not really) and out of love…
(AN: I know I have a lot of really long flashbacks, but that's just to fill the plot holes. I kind of started in the middle of the action, and I need to flesh out some of the details)
*Flashback*
Edward had asked me out, granting many stares from the most likely jealous girls around us, and like a deer in the headlights I said yes. I mean, Edward was gorgeous and all, but something about him was just plain creepy. The way he stared at me when he thought I didn't notice just freaked me out. I was more scared that he was going to do something if I said no. So I said yes.
We went to this little Italian restaurant in Port Angeles. It was…cozy. For some strange reason, Edward didn't eat anything. So why would he ask me to go out with him? To watch my eating method or something? Another check on the creep-o list. He was just asking me questions the whole time too. About my child hood, pets, friends, my mom, my dad, Phil, and other stuff. He seemed a little smug when I told him that I hadn't had any boyfriends before. He seemed to take that as to say that he was my boyfriend, but truly I was just humoring him.
He drove me home, and kissed me. It was my first, so I went a little overboard trying to prove that it wasn't. I thought he didn't like it, because he pulled away after a very short time. Then he started picking me up for school in the morning, although I told him that my truck would probably die from not being used after a while. He still kept coming though. He switched into all my classes, and steered me toward his lunch table every day.
His family was the shining element of Edward. Alice and I eventually became friends, and Jasper warmed up to me after a while. Rosalie was an ice queen for a minute, but she couldn't resist my charms either. Carlisle, Esme and Emmett loved me as soon as I walked through the door. So we were all one big happy family…
Until one day, Rosalie dropped the vampire bomb on me.
"Rosalie, I thought we were past this. Don't you like me? Don't you want me here?" I asked.
"Bella, you have it all wrong. We really are all vampires, and I can prove it." she stood, picked me up, and threw me out the nearest window. I screamed, seeing the ground get closer and closer, until she was suddenly there and caught me. I was amazed…and shell shocked, but amazed.
"Whoa! How'd you do that?"
"Vampire." she said in a sing song voice. I thought about the Cullens for a second. They were all really pale, they all had yellow eyes, which was something I only saw in the earlier seasons of Supernatural, and the small fact that girly girl Rosalie was able to throw me out the window like a Frisbee and catch me the same way was a clue. I was really quite obvious, once I thought about it. They were all so different from humans that a monkey could have probably figured it out sooner than I did. Rosalie put me down.
"So Rosalie, why didn't you tell me that you guys were vampires before?"
A grave look crossed her face. "The Volturi." she whispered, and in a flash, all the other Cullens were there. I paid them no mind, keeping my eyes fixed on Rose.
"Vampires?" she nodded. "Man eating ones?" she nodded again. "They would kill me?" she shook her head.
"They would kill each and every one of us." she said in a clear voice. All the Cullens hissed, and Edward was instantly behind me.
"Rose, why the hell did you tell Bella about the Volturi?" he hissed their name.
"Because you took too long, Edward. How long did you expect to just be with Bella without telling her this? We are vampires, and she deserved to know." she said calmly.
"Not like this, Rose. She wasn't supposed to know until I figured out a way to tell her!" Edward's composed face was slowly falling. Alice finally spoke.
"Why don't we just ask Bella how she feels? I mean, it's her opinion and reaction you're arguing about." That's one of the things that I loved about Alice. I was about to speak when…
"And you, Alice. You should have seen that Rosalie was planning this. You could have stopped her!" He turned to Alice, and I don't think I liked the look in his eyes.
"I knew all along Edward, and yes, I could have stopped her, but I didn't, because I knew that Rose was right, and that she would have handled it the best way. Face it, Edward. You would have sugar coated our secret until Tuesday, if you were ever really planning to tell her. My visions were blurry, which meant that your decision could have changed easily." Edward was about to say something, but I decided that I'd had enough of them talking about me like I wasn't there, so I stepped away from Rosalie and straightened my back.
"Look, I don't care if you're vampires. So what? All I want to know is if there are any other creatures that actually exist that I should know about." I looked at Carlisle, thinking that since he was most likely the oldest that he would know. He said in a clam voice,
"No Bella. The only thing you have to fear in this world are us." He looked solemn when he said that. I felt a pang of sorrow hit my heart. They still thought I was afraid?
"I'm not afraid of you guys. I don't know why you think I am. Do you need me to scream it? I, ISABELLA MARIE SWAN AM NOT AFRAID OF VAMPIRES! There! Are you happy now?" Little did I know that someone else had witnessed my display of non-vamipire-fearingness. James, never too far away, was listening in and smiled.
Fast Forward…
After the revelation of the big V, I grew closer to the Cullen family. Unfortunately, that meant that for a few days, Edward had me on ultra-super-I-can't-even-freaking-sneeze-without-you-asking-me-if-I'm-okay-ness. He thought I was scared or something. After that, he just started to get plain annoying. I didn't think it was possible but I was actually considering breaking up with him. But hey-ho oh wait, he's a freaking vampire, so he could crush me into a grain of sand if I made him mad enough. So I was stuck, until…
I met James. We made our plan, and it was all set. I mean, Edward was sweet and all, but after with James, he was just…better. I don't know. James treated me like a person would treat another person, not like how a person with warm hands would treat a stick of butter. There are so many other way that James makes me feel…wanted the way Edward never could. In my eyes, my betrayal of Edward was acceptable, or maybe not even valid, considering that I never technically agreed to be his girlfriend. I just hoped he took it well.
*End of Flashback*
I looked at James again, trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with him. I mean, we were supposed to be happy as long as we were together and all that corny crap? I was starting to get annoyed, and I furrowed my brow.
"James, what the hell is wrong with you?" I stopped myself just as I realized that I was glaring at him. He was my lover, and his situation was probably not the best right now. I mean, he found a place for us to stay, right? Jeez, these vampire emotions were crazy. I wonder how they managed to stay to clam all the time?
James just looked at me…with those tired eyes and said, "Bella…Bella, Edward's gone crazy." I froze. What was that supposed to mean?
"Huh? What do you mean Edward's gone crazy? He's like the most controlled person I've ever known." I stammered.
"When he found out that I had taken you…I felt it…his bloodlust was smothering…bigger than anything I'd ever seen…and he was after me. I'm not scared," he scoffed, "far from it actually, but this is going to be a lot more difficult than we'd planned, and I'm not a man of patience." He smirked at me upon saying the last words, and I knew that he was back to normal. I smiled.
"So what if Edward's a little miffed? I would be too if I thought someone took you from me, if he even felt that strongly about me." A serious look crossed his face.
"You shouldn't joke around about this, Bella. Has he ever even told you about what happens when we go into bloodlust?"
I frowned. "No? Does it matter?"
He explained, "When vampires go into bloodlust, we completely lose ourselves to our senses and try to kill anything in our path. And since he's mad at me, and probably you when he finds out, he'll be trying to kill us both, regardless of what he felt for you before."
I sighed. "Leave it to Edward to make a big deal out of getting dumped. Speaking of which…" I trailed off, crawling over to him and pressing my lips to his. I mean, he was being a grump and a pessimist, and he needed to lighten up a little.
There was no hesitation as he snaked his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I gave a purr of excitement, knowing that this was my first vampire encounter, and it was making out to be a good one. We stayed like that for a while, with me sitting on his lap with his arms around my waist. I was so lost in him, and he lost in me. Edward could bust through that door right now, and neither of us would care. I wouldn't care regardless, but that's not the point.
After a while, he pulled away. "You need to hunt. We don't want you attacking a hiker now, would we?" he said with a smirk. Now that was my trademark James. I wonder what mountain lion tastes like…?
AN: I worked soo hard on this, you have no idea. I'm so sorry to the people that have been waiting for my second chapter to come out. I saw that it only had one review, so I thought no one read it, but I've seen that a lot of people have been putting it on their story alert. I actually forgot about it for a while, but that wont happen again! Please just R&R!
-Looney Love
